Urban Fantasy

[zylphryx]

So I recently stumbled on Kat Richardson's Greywalker series, followed by Rob Thurman's Call Leandros series, and am wondering if anyone has any other suggestions in this genre.

[Numerian]

China Mieville - City & the City

[Knoq Nixoy]

from the wiki description of your books these seem similar

Dresden Files by Butcher
Felix Castor by Carey
Faerie Tale by Feist
Night Watch by Lukyanenko, not Pratchett, tough he could work

I don't know many more. There are more weirder fantasies, not sure what ''urban'' consists of, authors like Clive Barker (Imajica), Mieville (most likely Kraken), Christopher Priest (Affirmation), Leiber (Our Lady of Darkness), John Crowley (any), Robert Holdstock, Gaiman, Vandermeer, Murakami? Illuminatus by Shea and Wilson?, it's fantasy, but often classified as something else.

[Kolokotroni]

The mercey thompson series by Patricia Briggs is worth a read.

[michaelane]

War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
Anything by Charles DeLint

[Crimson Jester]

Niel Gaiman's American Gods. Soon to be a new TV series on HBO!

[zylphryx]

Crimson Jester wrote:

Niel Gaiman's American Gods. Soon to be a new TV series on HBO!

Loved that one. Gaiman in general is excellent.

For Clive Barker, I preferred The Great and Secret Show (with kind of fits into the urban fantasy category) to Imajica, but I never never picked up a Barker book that I did not finish.

[Adam Daigle]

Boomer's novel The Hole Behind Midnight is urban fantasy and quite good. I'm almost done and I've been loving it.

[zylphryx]

Adam Daigle wrote:

Boomer's novel The Hole Behind Midnight is urban fantasy and quite good. I'm almost done and I've been loving it.

Ah, I'll have to check it out. He hooked me up with a copy of The Awkward Game two years ago and I was impressed with his short stories.

[Rhothaerill]

I will second Dresden Files, the Mercy Thompson series, and American Gods! All good reads, and all different.

[Epic Meepo]

If all goes according to plan, I'll have a really big recommendation for you by the end of the year.

In the meantime, try...

...the Women of the Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong.
...the Mercedes Thompson series by Patricia Briggs.
...the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher.
...the Morganville Vampires young adult series by Rachel Caine.
...Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.
...the Nightside series by Simon R. Green.
...the Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris.
...the Hollows series by Kim Harrison.
...the Vampire Bounty Hunter Anna Strong series by Jeanne C. Stein.
...the Kitty Norville series by Carrie Vaughn.
...the Shifters series by Rachel Vincent.

[SmiloDan]

Neil Gaiman is on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson tonight!

I like Gail Carriger's Parasol series (Soulless), but it's borderline steampunk. And hilarious.

China Mieville's Kraken and King Rat are also excellent urban fantasies.

[Sanakht Inaros]

John Shirley. He did Urban fantasy before there was an Urban Fantasy genre. He's considered to be one of the godfathers of cyberpunk as well. City Come A-Walkin'. Demons. Transmaniacon. A Splendid Chaos. Bleak History.

[Clinton Boomer]

Adam Daigle wrote:

Boomer's novel The Hole Behind Midnight is urban fantasy and quite good. I'm almost done and I've been loving it.

... and here's the book, available for sale through Paizo!

The Hole Behind Midnight ... boo-yah!

[danbuter]

My favorites include:

The Mercy Thompson series by Patrcia Briggs
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
anything by Charles de Lint. (Though "Svaha" is cyberpunk, everything else is urban fantasy).

[SmiloDan]

danbuter wrote:

My favorites include:

The Mercy Thompson series by Patrcia Briggs
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
anything by Charles de Lint. (Though "Svaha" is cyberpunk, everything else is urban fantasy).

+1

Elizabeth Bear is excellent, especially "Blood and Iron" and "Whiskey and Water."
Kelley Armstrong is pretty good too.
And "War of the Oaks" by Emma Bull!

I'm gonna read "Tithe" by Holly Black soon....I'll let y'all know if it's good faeriepunk.

[Lunalynx]

If you're looking for something that's just fun, I just finished Anton Strout's Dead Waters. But I would recommend reading them from the first one, Dead to Me. Nothing heavy, just a good fun.

[Eric The Pipe]

I've really enjoyed the Twenty Palaces series, and the first one is cheep in kindle form HERE

And the Monster Hunter Series, by Larry Correia, is fun. It is a good fast read, with lots of great lines like, "Vampires only sparkle when lit on fire."

[SmiloDan]

"Tithe" is OK, more like suburban fantasy.

"Soulless" by Gail Carriger is steampunky, but super hilarious. A comedy of manners, with vampires and werewolves and dirigibles.